Feed-bag.



N0. 896,619. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

. L. M. BURKE.

FEED BAG.

y APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1908.

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LAWRENCE M. BURKE, OF LAY, COLORADO.

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Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application led February 15, 1908. Serial No. Lil(5,1.

l ien relates to an improvement in feed bags oi the type designed for use in feeding animals and for temporary suspension from the head of the animal during the feeding' operation.

' The main object of the present invention is the provision of a feed bag so constructed as to provirhJ ,storage compartment in which the ioodmay be initially laced, and a feeding compartment accessi le by the animal tor feeding., the construction providing for the eonvenient transfer of iiod from the storcom} artment to the feeding compart- -rnent as necessitated by the consumption oi' the feed in the latter.

The invention will be described in the iollowing specification, reference being had par`- ticularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a feed bag constructed in accordance with rnyinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the y 3 a broken sectional view illestrating t..e connection of the supporting strap.

is a section on line" 4 of Fig. 2. .,eferring particularly tov the accompanying drawings, my improved feed bag com prises an iniexible main or bottom section. l preferably of wood, which is approximately ci the size desired for the completed article.

The bottom board is of peculiar outline in plan, whereby one oi the essential objects of the feed bag is gained, said board having rounded or circular ends 2 and 3, the peripheral edges of which meet on a line transverse the board and about centrally of the length of the saine, the transvepse dimensions of the board at the peint oihhcture the eripln eral edges of the ends being maten ly less y.

t i the diameter ot' either end. By this cons*fractionv the bottom board'is at its central point l of in? ia-ily less width than at a p in advan-.pe lin rear of the central point, as'sliown in g'. d. To the peripheral edge of the bottom board and throughout said is secured thelower edge of an upright wall 5, forming the v ertieal wall of the bag. The .wall 51s relierably of iiexible materiahff as eanvasor t e like, and in therear portion l coincident with the circular edge of the part 3 of the board, the wall is extended inthe forni of a closing flap 6, for a purpose which will presently appear. The upper edge of the wall 5 1s preferably of slightly greater lineal length than the lower edge, so that the up ,er-end.

i n alinement with the reduced portion 4l of the board l l secure a flexible partition 7, preferably of canvas or other material, the edges of which are stitched or otherwise se cure-d to the upright wall 5, as shown7 the partition being of less length than the height of said wall to provide a space 8 below the. lower edge of the partition. The partition divides the space within the upright Wall 5 into a rear or storage chamber 9 and into a forward or feeding chamber l0, the space S below theI partition providing for communication between: the chambers. The closing 'lap 6; which is formed integral with the upright wall 5, is el a size and shape to close the opening to the storage chamber 9, the edges of said flap being adapted, by any convenient means, as buttons or the like, to`be secured to the wall 5 and to the partition 7, as at 11. At the juncture of the partition with the wall 5 l secure to said wall strap loops 12, which are designed to be engaged by a supporting strap 13. This strap is ada ted to be passed over the head of the animal when the bag is in use, and may be of an inelastic material, as leather, or of suitable elastie material, as rubber, the strap in the latter instance' serve ing to draw the bag upward as the food is consumed, as will be evident.

ln use the food is initially placed in the compartment 9, finding its way through the communicating passage 8 into the chamber l for consumption, it being understood that the compartment l@ is entirely open at the top to afford accessto'the head of the animal in feeding. The relatively forward portion of the wall is preferably 'formed with a se ries of ventilating openings '14, protected in any usual. or desired manner, whereby roper breathing of the animal and the ventilatlon oi the feed bag 4is provided for.

ticularly noted that the greatest transverse dimensions of the respective compartments bag is slightly' flaring or enlarged toward the ln. the present construction it is to be par.

-are remotely disposed relative to each other, `that of the feeding compartment being ar# los . the feeding compartment.

partition Bly this means the maximum storage capacity Ais afforded while providing a comparatively narrow connecting passage between the compartments, the disposition of the greatest Width of the feed compartment, in the manner described, serving to afford the greatest space for the animals head at the point where freedom for the feeding movement ofthejaws and lips is required. 'Furthermore, the supporting means for the bag is arranged immediately above the narrow or approximately central portion of the bottom board. By this arrangement the animal in ressing its lips onto the bottom board in the eeding compartment in reaching 4the food will tend to tilt the eed'bag in a manner to elevatethe board tocause the lood to readily 'gravitate from the storage compartment to l* urthermore,

the comparatively .restricted passage be-l tween the compartments ,andv the relatively larger space in the feeding compartment in advance of said assage, rovides 'for spreading the food de ivered through lthe passage over the enlarged space and thereby avoid an undue depth of food in the feeding compartment at any one time.

essere The feed bag described is of simple construction, allparts other than the bottom board being flexible to permit the readycollapse of the bag for storage-in small compass w en not desired for use, the relative construction and arrangement of arts described serving most efficiently for t e purpose desired. v

` Having thus described the invention what is claimed asf'new, is l l 4 A feed bag comprising a bottom board, a exible wall rising therefrom, and a partition dividing the space Within the Wall into a feed 4 chamber and a storage chamber, the bottom board being of greatest width at points in advance and. in rear of that portion immediately underlying the-partition, whereby the maximum .transverse dimension of the re-v 4 yspectve chambers is spaced fromthe partition and remote from each other.

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